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move_info Community Supported

Shoe Tricks / Hat Tricks

Related to: LiteFeet performance vocabulary, Showtime

Source: Open source link

Archive Details

Move / Style Name

Shoe tricks / hat tricks

Move Origin / Context

Core visual vocabulary in LiteFeet and Showtime-style performance, especially connected to battles, cyphers, and subway performances.

Confidence

Supported by public sources and visible performance practice.

Archive Note

Specific tricks, originators, variations, and notable examples should be added separately.

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Al B / Al Cisco / Albert Boyce

Related to: Real Harlem Shake, Rucker Park

Source: Open source link

Archive Details

Dancer Name / Alias

Al B / Al Cisco / Albert Boyce

Known For

Widely credited in public sources as central to the original Harlem Shake / Albee origin story connected to Rucker Park.

Confidence

Supported by public sources, but exact origin details and family/community accounts should be reviewed carefully.

Archive Note

Needs community context, source links, and careful distinction between documented sources and oral history.

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Mr. YouTube

Related to: LiteFeet origins, LiteFeet education

Source: Open source link

Archive Details

Dancer Name / Alias

Mr. YouTube

Known For

Identified by STEEZY as one of the original creators of Lite Feet and instructor of an Intro to Lite Feet program; also appears in Vulture's early LiteFeet history coverage.

Confidence

Supported by public sources; deeper timeline and community details need verification.

Archive Note

Needs source links, profile details, battle/event history, and community context.

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Chrybaby Cozie / Daniel Holloway

Related to: LiteFeet pioneer, Harlem Lite Feet, preservation

Source: Open source link

Archive Details

Dancer Name / Alias

Chrybaby Cozie / Daniel Holloway

Known For

Described in public sources as a Harlem Lite Feet pioneer/forefather, cultural educator, and organizer connected to Lite Feet Nation, The Breakfast Club E.A.T., Chrysolation, and preservation work.

Confidence

High based on interview and institutional sources.

Archive Note

Additional event, teaching, battle, and community history can be added over time.

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Goofy / W.A.F.F.L.E.

Related to: W.A.F.F.L.E., Showtime, subway LiteFeet

Source: Open source link

Archive Details

Dancer Name / Alias

Goofy / W.A.F.F.L.E.

Known For

Vulture describes Goofy, leader of W.A.F.F.L.E., as a major promoter who helped turn LiteFeet into subway It’s Showtime performance culture.

Confidence

Supported by public source; profile details need community verification.

Archive Note

Needs W.A.F.F.L.E. timeline, member context, battles, videos, and event links.

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Kid The Wiz / Randy Vargas

Related to: LiteFeet music, production, dance

Source: Open source link

Archive Details

Dancer Name / Alias

Kid The Wiz / Randy Vargas

Known For

VICE/Noisey describes Kid The Wiz as part of the LiteFeet producer/dancer ecosystem and credits him with helping push the energy of LiteFeet music.

Confidence

Supported by public music source; deeper profile details need verification.

Archive Note

Needs source links for music, battles, performances, productions, and community history.

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historical_claim Needs Verification

Bad One / Badone Is a Recognized LiteFeet Move

Related to: Bad One, Badone, LiteFeet basics

Source: Open source link

Archive Details

Claim Text

Bad One/Badone is a recognized LiteFeet move used in Get Lite/LiteFeet vocabulary.

Confidence

Medium. Supported by tutorial/video evidence, but still needs community confirmation and source expansion.

Sources to Review

YouTube tutorials, YouTube Bad One playlists, and Pond5 Litefeet music brief.

Archive Note

This should remain open for community verification until origin and lineage details are stronger.

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move_info Community Supported

Harlem Shake

Related to: Harlem Shake, LiteFeet roots

Source: Open source link

Archive Details

Move / Style Name

Harlem Shake

Move Origin / Context

Older Harlem dance commonly connected to Al B / Al Cisco / Albert Boyce, Rucker Park, and early-2000s music video exposure. It is part of the cultural lineage feeding LiteFeet.

Sources to Review

Smithsonian, DNAinfo, IUDance, AllHipHop, and Vulture.

Archive Note

Exact origin details and personal accounts should be community-reviewed.

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LiteFeet / Get Lite Emerged from Harlem and the Bronx

Related to: LiteFeet origins, Get Lite, Harlem, Bronx

Source: Open source link

Archive Details

Claim Text

LiteFeet, also written Lite Feet and often described as getting lite, is a New York street dance culture connected to Harlem and the Bronx in the early-to-mid 2000s.

Confidence

High based on multiple public sources, but still open to community context and correction.

Sources to Review

Red Bull Music Academy Daily, Vulture, STEEZY, CBS/Paramount, and academic writing on LiteFeet.

Archive Note

Community members can add details about early dancers, crews, courts, parties, battles, and borough-specific history.

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Rev Up / Whop

Related to: Rev Up, Whop, LiteFeet movement vocabulary

Source: Open source link

Archive Details

Move / Style Name

Rev Up / Whop

Move Origin / Context

Appears in LiteFeet tutorials and is often connected to Tone Wop vocabulary.

Confidence

Supported by tutorial evidence; origin and historical context need community verification.

Archive Note

Needs details on names, variations, who popularized it, and how dancers describe it.

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Lock In

Related to: Lock In, LiteFeet routine punctuation

Source: Open source link

Archive Details

Move / Style Name

Lock In

Move Origin / Context

Described by STEEZY as a move used like an exclamation point ending routines.

Confidence

Supported by public dance-education source; origin and popularization need community verification.

Archive Note

Needs examples, dancer explanations, and source links.

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Tone Wop / Tone Whop

Related to: Tone Wop, Tone Whop, LiteFeet movement vocabulary

Source: Open source link

Archive Details

Move / Style Name

Tone Wop / Tone Whop

Move Origin / Context

Listed in public LiteFeet education sources as a foundational or popular LiteFeet move, often connected with Rev Up/Whop vocabulary.

Confidence

Supported as a recognized term, but origin and lineage details need community verification.

Archive Note

Needs first-person dancer context, video links, and history from people who learned or taught the move.

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The Real Harlem Shake Predates LiteFeet

Related to: Harlem Shake, LiteFeet roots, Al B, Rucker Park

Source: Open source link

Archive Details

Claim Text

The real Harlem Shake predates LiteFeet and helped shape the movement vocabulary, feeling, and cultural lineage connected to LiteFeet.

Confidence

High, but exact origin details vary by source and community memory.

Sources to Review

Smithsonian, DNAinfo, IUDance, AllHipHop, and Vulture.

Archive Note

This claim should collect memories and sources around Al B / Al Cisco / Albert Boyce, Rucker Park, Go Crazy Boyz, music videos, and Harlem dance history.

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The 2013 Harlem Shake Meme Is Not the Real Harlem Shake

Related to: Harlem Shake meme, real Harlem Shake, cultural confusion

Source: Open source link

Archive Details

Claim Text

The 2013 viral Harlem Shake meme is not the real Harlem Shake and was criticized by Harlem dancers for disconnecting the name from the actual Harlem dance.

Confidence

High based on first-person and media sources.

Sources to Review

Dance Enthusiast interview with Chrybaby Cozie, Wired, and AllHipHop.

Archive Note

This record should preserve the difference between the real Harlem Shake and the internet meme.

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LiteFeet and Subway Showtime Criminalization

Related to: LiteFeet, Showtime, subway dancing, criminalization, public space

Source: Open source link

Archive Details

Claim Text

LiteFeet became strongly associated with subway Showtime performance culture, and public coverage in the mid-2010s connected subway dance policing to broken-windows enforcement, race, class, and public-space politics.

Confidence

High based on documentary, journalism, and academic sources.

Sources to Review

i-D/Vice, Viewing NYC, The Nation, Katie Beswick academic chapter, and Urban Democracy Lab.

Archive Note

This record should collect community experiences and sources around performance, policing, arrests, safety debates, and public-space culture.

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Get Lite to LiteFeet Music Evolution

Related to: Get Lite, LiteFeet music, 107 BPM, producers

Source: Open source link

Archive Details

Claim Text

Public music coverage describes a shift around 2011 where a newer generation of dancers and producers refreshed Get Lite into LiteFeet music by raising tempo, adding layered sound, chants, samples, and call-and-response energy.

Confidence

Supported by VICE/Noisey source, but specific producer timelines need community verification.

Sources to Review

VICE/Noisey, Pond5 LiteFeet music brief, related music/video sources.

Archive Note

Needs producers, tracks, DJs, tags, BPMs, and music lineage added as separate records.

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Bad One / Badone

Related to: Bad One, Badone, LiteFeet move vocabulary

Source: Open source link

Archive Details

Move / Style Name

Bad One / Badone

Move Origin / Context

Bad One/Badone appears in LiteFeet tutorial titles, move lists, and music callouts, but public written sources do not clearly confirm the originator, first crew, first year, original spelling, or earliest known use.

Confidence

Medium for the claim that Bad One/Badone is a recognized LiteFeet move. Low/unknown for origin details.

Needs Verification

Originator, first known year, borough/crew/event, original spelling, whether Bad One and Badone are historically the same, and any older names or variations.

Archive Question

Who taught you Bad One? What year did you first see it? What crew or borough did you connect it with? Was it called Bad One, Badone, Bad Bad One, or something else?

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